Trial management meeting

<p>A trial management meeting is defined in the <a href="http://www.eccc.gov.kh/en/document/legal/internal-rules">ECCC Internal Rules</a> as:</p><p><em><a>"In order to facilitate the fair and expedi tious conduct of the proceedings, the Chamber may confer with the parties or their representatives, as applicable, by holding a trial management meeting. Such meeting shall be held in camera, unless the Trial Chamber decides otherwise. The purpose of this meeting will inter alia be to allow exchanges between the parties to facilitate the setting of the date of the initial or of the substantive hearings and to review the status of the case by allowing the Accused to raise issues in relation thereto, including his or her mental and physical condition."&nbsp;&nbsp; </a></em><a>(Rule 79 (7))<br></a></p>